Are there masters swimmers "cheating" at practice?
Like:
Leaving early?
One handed touches on ***/fly?
Using pull buoys?
Kicking whatever they want despite what the workout says?
Swimming free on designated "stroke" sets?
Just wondering. I'm heard some grumbling about the leaving early stuff.
Early leavers drive me nuts!!! Especially in sets that are on a rest interval - RI - (like 50s with 10 sec RI, as opposed to 50s on the minutes for example). Since we often have many people in our narrow fitness center lanes, early leavers really cram everyone together.
If you do one-handed touches for fly and *** at practice, it may or may not bite you at a meet. I try to always do 2-hand touch, but sometimes miss because I'm experimenting with how close I can cut it. But I think this is a minor infraction, because it's not going to bother your lanemates.
As for my cheating, I do the following:
- 1 arm or free for fly, especially at the end of practice (I've injured my shoulders too many times doing fly at the end of practice)
- when kicking, I often toss in a length of *** kicking, regardless of the assigned stroke. This is out of respect for my lanemates... I'm trying to stay out of their way
Early leavers drive me nuts!!! Especially in sets that are on a rest interval - RI - (like 50s with 10 sec RI, as opposed to 50s on the minutes for example). Since we often have many people in our narrow fitness center lanes, early leavers really cram everyone together.
If you do one-handed touches for fly and *** at practice, it may or may not bite you at a meet. I try to always do 2-hand touch, but sometimes miss because I'm experimenting with how close I can cut it. But I think this is a minor infraction, because it's not going to bother your lanemates.
As for my cheating, I do the following:
- 1 arm or free for fly, especially at the end of practice (I've injured my shoulders too many times doing fly at the end of practice)
- when kicking, I often toss in a length of *** kicking, regardless of the assigned stroke. This is out of respect for my lanemates... I'm trying to stay out of their way
